Month: November 2018

Firearms registry: registration is going slow

Hunters in Quebec are reluctant to register their firearms in the new Quebec registry, launched nine months ago, following the abolition of the federal registry. Just 14% of all unrestricted long guns in circulation in Quebec have been registered since the Act came into force on January 29th. Time is […]

Gun owners have not said their last word

A pressure group is asking the Minister of Public Safety to abolish the Quebec gun registry. On October 26, Luc Boucher, a member of the pressure group “All against a Quebec gun registry”, sent a letter to the new Quebec Minister of Public Security, Geneviève Guilbault. Since the Coalition Avenir […]

Firearms Prevention Campaign

Firearms Prevention Campaign The Sûreté du Québec’s Office for the Control of Firearms and Explosives (BCAFE) is launching a new awareness campaign to promote the responsible and safe use of firearms: “Responsible. Secure. For life!”. This campaign targets the entire population. To this end, the BCAFE has completely refreshed the […]

Less than 15% of firearms registered in Quebec

    Rifle and gun owners have until January 29 to register their firearms with the Quebec Firearms Registration Service. Photo: Radio-Canada The gun registry in Quebec, launched in the controversy in January 2018, is not very popular. The CBC has learned that only 211,555 firearms were registered at the […]